i7-8086K vs A6-9550

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Primary details

Comparing A6-9550 and Core i7-8086K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated852
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.58
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i7
Power efficiencyno data8.94
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Coffee Lake-S (2017−2018)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)5 June 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$425

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A6-9550 and Core i7-8086K basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed3.8 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data40
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2149 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °C72 °C
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier++

Compatibility

Information on A6-9550 and Core i7-8086K compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM41151
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9550 and Core i7-8086K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

A6-9550 and Core i7-8086K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9550 and Core i7-8086K are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9550 and Core i7-8086K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardRadeon R5Intel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.2 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-9550 and Core i7-8086K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A6-9550 and Core i7-8086K integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-9550 and Core i7-8086K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9550 and Core i7-8086K.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 July 2017 5 June 2018
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt

A6-9550 has 46.2% lower power consumption.

i7-8086K, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

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